Lego's latest MindStorms set is an amazing "toy".
I work for the Tech department at the high school I work at. I love working for this department. The teachers are amazingly talented, and they inspire their students way more than some of the others.
We laugh about it too, because of all the departments, we are the most shunned because we are all republicans and vocal about being conservative.
They are building robots in Electronics this sememster, I believe. The kids love it. My daughter is even taking Auto Shop this year because she wanted to see how a car worked and also be a well-rounded student.